Copy photograph of two images. The left image shows the Bell County courthouse in Belton, Texas. The courthouse is a three-storey stone building with a clock tower. A smaller building can be seen in the background. There are two illegible hand-written notes on the photograph, as well as the text, "Bell County Court House, Belton, Tex." The right image shows the Comanche, Texas courthouse, also a three-storey stone building with a clocktower. A horse-drawn buggy can be seen outside the building.

Blue line print of survey map of Comanche County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map to indicate the addition of roads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).

Blue line print of survey map of portions of Eastland County, Brown County, and Comanche County, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Various blocks of land are shaded yellow to indicate Texas and Pacific Railroad Company land. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).

Topographic quadrangle map of Brownwood, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000

Map of Pedro (Pierre) Vial's 1787 journey from San Antonio to Comanche County, in an attempt to find a route from San Antonio to the Spanish settlements in New Mexico. The map also includes county boundaries, rivers, and creeks. No relief indicated.

Blue line print of survey map of portions of Eastland, Brown, and Comanche Counties in Texas, showing rivers, creeks, towns, boundaries, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. The blocks of land colored yellow denote Texas and Pacific Railway Company land. A diagram of a section is included in the lower-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).

Letter from L. H. Blanton to William John Bryan regrettably declining his invitation to Texas and reporting that the Treasury Department, Office of the Supervising Architect has purchased land in Abilene.

Affidavit sworn by B. I. Terry, attesting to the circumstances under which she acquired her property in Comanche County, Texas. This affidavit is unsigned.

Affidavit sworn by B. I. Terry stating the circumstances under which she purchased her property in Comanche County, Texas. This document is unsigned.

Letter from Perry Sayles to County Clerk of Comanche County remitting a deed from R. H. Reaves and a check for $1.00 to cover fees.

Deed certifying the sale of a 1/64 interests in the oil, gas, and mineral in, under, and upon land in Comanche County, Texas from B. I. Terry to R. H. Reaves. This document is signed by B. I. Terry but is not notarized or filed.

Mineral deed certifying the sale of a 1/16 interest in the oil, gas, and minerals of a tract of land in Comanche County, Texas from R. H. Reaves to Perry Sayles. This document has correction in red pencil.

Mineral deed certifying the sale of a 1/64 and 1/128 undivided interests in and to all oil, gas, and minerals in, under, and upon a tract of land in Comanche County, Texas. The interests are subject to the oil and gas lease made by B. I. Terry to W. T. Garrett. This document has corrections made in pencil and is unsigned.

Affidavit sworn by B. I. Terry stating the circumstances under which she purchased her property in Comanche County, Texas. This document is unsigned and has corrections to the text in pencil.

Letter from Perry Sayles to McMan Oil & Gas Company discussing the B. I. Terry lease. Sayles thanks the company for the information provided to him.

Letter from Perry Sayles to B. I. Terry discussing royalties on land owned by Terry. There are few objections on the abstract to the title of the land. Reaves will be able to meet with Terry to clear up the objections soon.

Letter from Grisham Brothers to C. E. Logan discussing exceptions to Sayles' royalties. Shuler and B. I. Terry's wives claim they purchased the land separately. They also need to determine if the land in question is in Erath or Comanche County, or both.

Proposal for a new railroad from Comanche, Texas to Temple, Texas. The documents included contain information on the cost of construction, route, possibilities for extensions, projected revenue, and Texas laws pertaining to railroads.

Letter from W. S. Birge to Perry Sayles stating three oil wells were drilled on the B. I. Terry tract in Comanche County. Two of them produced oil and one produced gas, but neither produced enough resources to be profitable.

Letter from Perry Sayles to McMan Oil & Gas Company discussing the J. T. Carruth survey in Comanche County. Sayles asks how many wells have been drilled by the company on the land and whether any oil has been produced there.

Mineral deed certifying the sale of a 1/8 interests in the oil, gas, and minerals in, under, and upon land in Comanche County, Texas from B. I. Terry to R. H. Reaves. The deed states that Reaves' interest is subject to the terms of the oil and gas lease made by B. I. Terry to W. T. Garrett for the same property.

Diagram of the J. T. Carruth Survey in Comanche County, Texas, showing property lines and county border. On the back of the paper, there's a note, "P.S. Please pardon the misnomer 'Sales.'"

Mineral deed certifying the sale of a 1/8 interest in and to all oil, gas, and minerals in, under, and upon a tract of land in Comanche County, Texas. The deed also states that Reaves 1/8 interest is subject to the oil and gas lease made by B. I. Terry to W. T. Garrett for the same property.

Mineral deed certifying the sale of a 1/16 interest in the oil, gas and minerals on or under a tract of land in Comanche County. Sayles' 1/16 interest is subject to the terms of the oil and gas lease made from B. I. Terry to W. T. Garrett for the same property.